Poverty in America & Report on Credit Impact from Wall St to Main St-- Summary from Joint Economic Committee of Congress

The Joint Economic Committee of Congress puts out occasional, brief, fact sheets and reports.  Two recent ones of note that present how Congress sees these issues are:

• Poverty in America (Aug. 26, 2008)
• From Wall Street to Main Street: Understanding How the Credit Crisis Affects You (Oct. 3, 2008)
• And from a year ago: The Subprime Lending Crisis: The Economic Impact on Wealth, Poverty Values, and Tax Revenues, and How We Got There (Oct. 25, 2007)

-E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu